GCC Health Ministers Council’s 63rd session of the 70th Conference will open here today titled “Donation and Organ Transplantation”. A detailed report on the activities and achievements of the Executive Board of…
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SCH conducts health and safety course
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has started a four-day course with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) based in UK. It is being held for Level 3 Award in Health…
Advisory Council approves law to end drug monopoly
The Advisory Council in its ordinary session on Monday approved the draft law that seeks to eliminate government control over pricing of medicines and liberalise their imports. The Cabinet had approved the…
GPs can practice only in a branch with previous experience
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has issued new regulations limiting the scope of practice of licensed non-specialist physicians in Qatar. Physicians who do not hold a specialist licence will be permitted…
Egypt health sector workers to get more Qatari jobs
Qatar inked a health cooperation agreement with Egypt which will see the establishment of a training programme. The Minister of Health and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) H…
Vaccine to reduce mortality among kids
The new Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) will help reduce morbidity and mortality rates among children with its wide coverage of a large number of new strains of pneumococcus bacteria. The Supreme Council…
US urology expert at HMC until Feb 24
Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Urology Department will be hosting a visiting urology surgeon, Dr Edmond Spanikh, from today until February 24. Dr Spanikh is currently the head of the Male Infertility Section…
Gestational diabetes putting babies at risk
There is an increased risk of a child developing diabetes later in life if the mother had gestational diabetes (GDM), according to an expert at the the First International AACE-Gulf Conference on…
Diabetes a major health hazard in MENA
Diabetes which is the reason for 12 percent of deaths in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has become a major health concern in the region, said an expert at the…
Woman in critical condition after plastic surgery
A young Qatari woman who spent a large amount to reduce her waist through plastic surgery and slipped into a critical condition due to the surgeon’s error has been rushed to the…
Call for more endocrinologists to fight diabatese
With an increasing incidence of diabetes, there is a growing need for endocrinologists around the world, according to an expert. The first ever conference of the American Assocication of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)…
PHCs set to administer PCV 13 doses
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will start administering additional dose of pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) 13 at primary health centres on Monday. The new PCV 13 which provides protection against 13 strains…
Qatar has 37 percent women smokers
Some 37 percent of women in the country are smokers, says Qatar’s National Cancer Society which is devoted to fighting the spread of the dreaded disease. But a prominent Qatari woman psychologist…
Diabetes conference from today
Qatar will host the first-ever American Association for Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) conference outside US which will open at Doha Sheraton today. The First International AACE-Gulf Conference On Diabetes, Obesity and other Endocrine…
SCH holds strategy workshop
The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) held a workshop to develop a systematic communication plan of action for Qatar’s National Health Strategy which is first of its kind in the country. The…